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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Iraq expels Swedish ambassador as man desecrates Koran in Stockholm

Iraq has ordered the expulsion of the Swedish ambassador and the withdrawal of the Iraqi charge d’affaires from Sweden as a man desecrated of a copy of the Koran in Stockholm.

The diplomatic blow-up came hours after protesters angered by the planned burning of a copy of the Koran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, breaking into the compound and lighting a small fire.

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